Scientific study of celestial objects and phenomena

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Women representing architecture and astronomy. Coloured stipple engraving by J. Chapman, 1803, after R. Corbould.

Astronomy: a diagram of the sun, and various effects of sunlight. Coloured engraving.

Galileo Galilei. Line engraving by C. Audran the elder after F. Villamena, 1655-56.

Astronomy: the surface of the moon. Engraving.

Astronomy: various apocalyptic scenes, including an shipwreck, a mob by St Paul's Cathedral, people dying from Cholera [?], and Hibernia pleading with Britannia [?]. Coloured lithograph, [c.1872?].

M0006118: The Milky Way in Cygnus, from Fisher: <i>Exploring the Heavens</i> (1938)

Mart, D. F.

Astronomy: Ptolemy and Euclid with an armillary sphere between them. Engraving.

Les fondements de l'optique moderne : paralipomènes a Vitellion (1604) / Kepler ; traduction, introduction et notes par Catherine Chevalley ; préface de René Taton et Pierre Costabel.

Astronomy: a diagram of the earth and other planets. Coloured engraving, 1846.

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M0006118: The Milky Way in Cygnus, from Fisher: Exploring the Heavens (1938)

Mart, D. F.

Astronomy: Ptolemy and Euclid with an armillary sphere between them. Engraving.

Les fondements de l'optique moderne : paralipomènes a Vitellion (1604) / Kepler ; traduction, introduction et notes par Catherine Chevalley ; préface de René Taton et Pierre Costabel.

Astronomy: a diagram of the earth and other planets. Coloured engraving, 1846.